Self pitcher and feeder.



n G. L. LASLEY.A SELF PITCHER AND FEEDER. APPLICATION PILEiD JULY 19, 1911A 1,055,977, Patented Mar. 11, 1918.

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G. L. LASLEY. SELF PITCHER AND FEEDER. APPLIUATION FILED JULY 19, 1911.

. Patented Mar. 11, 1913.

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G. 1,. LASLB?. sm" PITCHER AND FEEDER.A

APPLICATION FILED JULY 19, 1911. l 1,055,977, Patsnted Mar. 11, 1913.

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Yne easily and quickly applied to the frame of 'sections at will and means is provided for' 'outlet of their casing, whereby the straw is airis permitted to escape from the same "l is a longitudinal sectional view of the .of the same; Fig. 3 is a perspective 'view fr ,i e) nl it it, E

. A GUFI' LOGIN LASLEY,

or EDITH, Kansas.

sELr :PITCHER Ann FEEDER.

hornear?.

Speccaton of Letters Patent.

raient-eu Mar. 11, 191e..

application ated my 1a, 1911. serial No. 639.387.

To u/.f mio/a if! amy concern:

lle it lourwu that L Gorr L. LAsLEr, a "Tr/.eu of 'the llnited States, residing at ith. in the county of Logan and State of Kans .1. have invented certain new and uscful improvements in Self 4Pitchers and l `eeders. of which the following is a specifi- .ation.

This` invention Ahas relation to. self pitchers and feeders for threshers or grain separators, and has for its object to provide suoli a de vice in the form ot' an attachment which may la thresher or sclmrator and havingits'parts so arranged that they maybe easily and quickly collapsed or folded so that the attachment will not present obstruction when the macninel to which it is applied is transported from place to place.

With this object in view the feeder includes a fan casing in which binary fans are n'iountod for rotation with a straw passageway between them. The saidfan casing is arranged to discharge `into a distributing n'iechanism which is positioned at or about the -cylinder of a t-hresher or separator. An extensible pipe is connected with the receiving end of the fan casing and is provided at the outer end o f 'its outermost section with a series of forks arranged for swinging or pivotal movement and which are adapted to engage the straw as it lies upon a stach and direct the same toward the receiving end ofthe outermost pipey section. lli/leans is provided for extending the pipe swinging the pipe horizontally in order that the receiving end Aof the outermost section may be positioned' over any desired part of .the stack. The'fans create suction draft through the' extensible pipe, wherebyf" the straw is conveyed to the fan casing nhd is permitted to gravitate through the same, and the fans create blast draft through the conveyed to the vdistributor andthe blast of without being passed into the body Aof the ln the aecompanymg drawings: ltigure feeder; Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional view of forks used upon thefecder; Fig. 4 is a per sif'cctive view of means for moving the pipe sectimisko't the feeder longitudinally; Fig, l

5 is a side elevation of a part of the feeder;

Fig.. (l vis a diagrammatic perspective view showing the arrangen'ientA of a continuous ropebelt used upon the feeder; Fig. 7 1s an enlarged sectional View of portions of pipes used upon the feeder; Fig. 8 is a detail view of parts of a holding device used upon the feeder. Fig. 9 is a diagrammatic Aview show ing how the operating pinion passes from one section of the extensible tube to a succeeding sect-ion thereof.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the followingdescription and indicated in all the views of the accompanying drawingsl by the same reference characters.

As illustrated in the accompanying drawings, l indicates the grain receiving end of a thresher or separator at which is llocated a cylinder 2 in the usual manner. The frame' S of the feeder attachment is mounted upon thereceiving end portion of the said thresher or separator and supports a fan housing it. This housing provided with a discharge outlet 5 which is provided at its sides with adjustable sections 6. The end portions of the sections remote from the outlet of the fan housing nia-y be moved toward or away from each other and secured in adl v n n pisted positions 1n order to accommodate between them the quantity of grain which is being passed through the feeder into the thresher or separator. Any suitable means may be employed for aecon'iplishing this adjustment and for securing the parts in adjusted posit-ions.

A vertically disposed flue 7 is connected at its lower end with the discharge outlet 5 ofthe fan casing l and constitutes aA wind escape. The said flue is open at its upper end. The end of the discharge 4outlet 5 of the fan housing 4 is located adjacent the upper portion of the peripheryy of the cylinder 2 of the thresher or separator. 'A shaft 8 extends transversely across the fan housing' 4 and is journaled inthe sides thereof and is provided at one end portion with a `belt pulley 9 around which a belt may be passed from any operating part of the inachine for operating the feeder. A pulley l() is also fixed tothe shaft 8 anda shaft ll is journaled at the lower end portion of the flue 7 at a point behind a vertical plane passing through the axis of the cylinder. A pulley 12 is fixed tothe shaft lland abelt 13 is trained around the pulleys 10 and' 12 a ud is adapted tin-transmit rotary moyemlent y cylinder v2- and the Vsaid distributei-iiiay be up into the due -7 along that side thereof.

which is remote from the fan housing 4 and is trained'. at its upper portion around a shaftljournaled inthe-upper portion of the said flue. The shaft is also adj ustablyA mountedand may be ,shifted in its position /loiigitudiiially of the flue-7;

The parts are so arranged that the inner run of the distributer 14 moves in a downward direction towardthe' periphery of the positioned with relation to theylin'der to operate upon the grain wheny it isV introduced to the cylinder in large or smallquautities. Partitions A16 dividethe interior of the fan lhousing 4' into side compartments 17 in which the fans, hereinafter to be described, are located, and an intermediate straw passage 18 the lower end of which communie cates with the discharge outlet 5 of the said casing. Y The partitions 16 are provided With central openings 19. Fans 20 are mounted upon the shaft 8 and are located Within the compartments 17 and are provided at their centers with hub plates 21 which are up proximately of the 4same diameter as the' openings 19 in the partitions 'loand which arev spaced in vertical planes from the Vsaid partitions. The fan housing 4 is provided with an inlet opening 22 and an annular bracket 23 in the forni of a eastiiig'is positioned uponthetop portion of the fan housing 4 and surrounds the inlet opening thereof. This bracket V23 is provided with a ball race 24 which receives bearing balls 25. An elbow member 26 is provided atits lower end with a ball race 27 Whicli'receives the upper ortionsot' the balls 25, the said elbow mem er surrounding the upper por tion of the bracket 23. The elbow member 26 is provided with an outstanding annular flange 28 which is providedlu on its upper y, side with a'ball racer29 whichA olds bearing balls 30. A ring31 is supported upon standards 32 which in tornare fixed to the intere mediate portion of the'bracket 23 and the Ysaid'ring is provided upon its under side with'a ball race 33 which receives the upper portions of the bearing balls 80. Thetiango 28 is provided at its outer edge with gear teeth 34. An arm 35 is fixed to the elbow 26 and an elbow member '3d is slidably mounted upon the upper portion oi the elbow member 2G and is provided with an arm 37 which is piiotally connected at its lower end with' tlie'outcreud of the arm Seu Therefore it will be seen that provision made whereby the elbow members 26 and SIS' may move longitudinally with relation to each other and the elbow member 26 is mounted that it may be revolved and will iu turn swing the parts mounted thereon.

Any suitable means may be provided 'for turning the elbow member 26, but that shown in the .drawings consists of a shaft 38 journaled upon the bracket 23 and having at its upper end :i hand wheel 89. At an intermediate point the shaft 38 carries :i pinion 40 which meshes with the teeth 34 at the periphery of the fiaiige 28. Therefore it will be seen that by rotating the shaft 38 the said flange and its attached parts will be rotated through the instrumentality of the pinion 40 and the intermeshing gear teeth 34 carried by the said flange.

'iiy suitable means may be provided for moving the elbow member 36 longitudinally1 with relation to the elbow member 26, but that shown in the drawings consists of a drum lt1 joui'nuled at the ends of braces or supports 42 mounted upon the lower end portion of the elbow member 26. An oporating hand wheel L13 is fixed to the shaft, of the drum 41. A bracket 44 is mounted upon the elbow member 36 and carries a block 45 in which is jouinaled pulleys i6 and 4T. A pulley block L18 is attached to the outer end portions of the braces 42. A cable 49 is attaclied at one end ,to the pulley block 48 and is then carried forward and trained around the pulley 4 7, froinwhence it is carried back and trained'a-round the pulley block 48, nud from thence it is carried forward and trained around the ulley 46 from which pulley it extends to tie drinn 41 and is arranged to wind upon the saine. Therefore it will, be seen that by turning the drum through the .instrumentality of the hand wheel 43 the said cable may be wound upon or unwound from the said drum, whereby the elbow member 3G may swing oi' move longitiu'linally.witli'i'elation to the elbow member 26.

Avn outer pipe section 50 istixed :it one end to the elbow member 36 and pipe sectionsll, 52 and 53 are arranged toslide telescopically Within thev pipe section 50. The pipe section 53 is prvided at its outer end and iii one side with an inlet opening The pipe sections V5l. 52 and 53 are firovided :it their inner ends with u stan ing rollers The roller 55 uponvtie innermost pipe section bears against the inner side of (he next adjacent or next outermost section and this arrangement is preserved throughout thev series of pipe sections. The pipe sections 51, 52 and 53'are provided upon their top sides each with. a set of gear teeth 543, and the pipel sections 5th 5l. and 52 are provided upon their inner des with stops 55 against which the rollers r"- engage to start the longitudiiiai nimenient of the sections. l

.i bracket.- 5'( is mounted upon the top otf immer? the outer portion of the pipe sectio1i 50 and a shaft 58 is journaled therein. A. sprocket Wheel is fixed to one endv of the said shaft and a sprocket Wheel 60 is fixed to the other end or the said shaft. A bracket 61 is mounted upon the elbow member 36 and a shaft 62 is. journaled therein. A handle Wheel G3 is fixed to the shaft 62 as is also a sprocket Wheel G4. A "sprocket chain 65 is trained around the sprocket wheels 59 and 64 and is adapted to transmit rotary movement from the shaft 62 to the shaft 58. A yoke 66 is pi'votally `supported by the bracket and a shaft 67 is journaled in the lower portion of the said yoke. A spring o6 interposed between the yoke 66 and bracket 57 and holds the yoke in depressed position. A sprocket Wheel 68 is fixed to one end portion of the shatt- 67 and a sprocket chain (39 is trained around the sprocket .Wheels ('50 and G8 and is adapted 'totransmit rotary movement from the shaft 58 to the shaft G7. A gear/*Wheel 70de fixed to the intermediate portiofo the shaft '67 and is adapted to mesh withv the gear teeth 56 of the pipe sections 51, 52 and 53 as the said pipe sections move under the said gear- Wheel. rFherel'ore it will be seen that by turning the shaft 62 the chain 65 will operate the shaft 58 which in turnthrough its connecting parts will operate the shaft 67, whereby the' gear lWheel Z0 will move .the 'pipe sections 51,- 52

and longitudinally so that the pipe of which the 'saidsections form components may be extended or contracted llongitudi-4 nally.

A bracket 'Y 1 is mounted lupon the upper side oli-the vreceiving end of the innermost `Links are pipe section tor rotation in the said bracket. Disks 73 are'ti'xedto the end portions ot theshatt 72 and are provided with o ,tstanding pins T4.

53 and at their outer ends are adjustably i forks 76. The upper ends of the said forks are pivotally mounted upon the pins 7e and the lower ends ot the said forks are adapted to operate adjacent-the outer edge portion of the receivm opening 54 1n the pipe seiction'3` 'The Orks, of course, Work against the stack, so that they tend to exert an out- Ward pull upont-he innermost pipe section7 lit which aids 'in holding' the pipe sections in their extended positiona and. as the sections will be disposed at a point above the top ot the threshinuf machine su'licientto clear the top ol an ordinary stacln no diiiculty will be experienced in extending the sections or maintainingthe same in their extended position. [as the material is fed from the stack and the height "ot the same decreases, the weight ci th seueral sections will tend 'to reuse them to 53 and a shaft 72 is journaled' pivotal'ly connected at their inner ends with brackets or lugs on the pipe or separator from point avitate outwardly7 so that naled in horizontal positions at the upper endl ot the bracket 78. i standard 80 is lsupported at its lower end upon the shaft 8 and extends up along thevside of the tan housing t. it shaft 81 is located at the upper end ot' the standard 80 and pulleys 82', and 85 are journaled upon the said shaft 81. A pulley 86 is fixed tothe end portion of the shaft 8.l A. weight 87' is provided with a trame 88 inwhich is jlournaled pulleys 8l) and 90. A continuous rope around the pulley 8G, thence over thepulley 84:, thence downand 89, thence up and over the pulley 85,v thence `down and underv the frame pulley `90, thence sain Y up and over the pulley 82, thence around the nippel-most idlerl T9, thence around the pulley 177 on the shaft 72, thence back and around the lowermost idler 79, thence over the pulley 83 back to the pulley 86. Therefore it mitting' rotaryA movement from the shaft 8 to the shaft 72, and as the said shaft 72,10- tates the disk T3 carried thereby is yalsogrotated 'which in turn will swing the forks 7G upon thelinks l5 so that the lower ends of y the said forks move toward the receiving inlet opening 5e oit the pipe sectiony As the 'pipe sections 51, 52 and 53 are moved longitudinally the Weight 87 will take up the slack in theY belt 91 so that the said beltet all times will be maintained suiliciently tight to rotate the pulleys around which it passes. .Therefore `it will be seen that a pneumatic feeder for a thresher or separator `is provided, ,theparts oi' which are suscepti- -ble to a great variety of adjustment so that the receiving; opening of the feeder in: be properly positioned at a desired part o the sta-ck. Also the straw and grain toward thereceiving opening ot the feeder. After the straw and grain is passed 'through the fan casing the blast of air is permitted to escape Without passing into the body ot the thresher or separator, conveys the material to the thrcsher does not interrupt or interfere' with the blast of air ldischarfaxxl from the 'fans of the separator Within 'the body of the same to eliect the sepzration of the grain froi'n the straw and cha l".

1When it is desired to move the threshcr to pointthe pipe sections 51, 52 and 5H may be tclescoped within each other and within the pipe sec tion 5U, and the said section lill with the parts contained therein may be swung; around over the body oit the thresher or separator and thus the presence ot' the feeder upon the body of the thrersher does not present obstruction nor hinder the and consequently the air whichy vWillbe seenv that means is provided for trans-' 14 the forks automatically feed i izo A fan housing the samedwn into .th'e distributor.

one fan has a tendency to feed the material easy? and ready transportation of' the niachine frompoint to point. n i y The object in providing two. fans in the 4 at the opposite sides thereof is that in drawing the grain from the stack a bunch of straw' might lodge against the opening of one. of the fan compartments, thereby cutting oit the intake current -to that fan, but the other fan will continue to draw 'and the material drawn in -by the blast from the last mentioned fan will dislodge "the" inaterial choked against the opening of the compartment of the other fan and will force Again towardI one end ofthe .cylinder and the other fan has a tendency to feed the material `toward the other end of the cylinder.

Therefore the material is partially diswhat'is claimed asnew is:

`carried at the outer tributed by the co-action ofv the duplicate -fans. v

Having thus described the invention,

l. A feeder comprising a housing, a series o f pipe sections located one within the other,

saidsseifies being mounted upon the housing for vertical swinging movement andA for horizontal turning movement, a bracket end of the inner pipe" section, a shaft journaled in the bracket, a disk carried by the shaft, a fork pivoted at the outer end of the inner pipe lsection and the disk, and means for-operatingthe shaft. y

2. Afeeder comprising a series of pipe sections located one within the other and mounted for vertical swinging movement `horizontal turning movement,` gear teeth mounted upon the innermost pipe section, a bracket mounted upon the outermost pipe section, an arm pivoted to the bracket,I a lgear wheeljournaled upon the arm and adapted to engage the teeth upon the ipe 'sectiommeans for rotating the gear w eellv Y and means'at the outer end of the inner-f sides, a pivotal support mounted sides, a

most pipe section to deliver material to said pipe section.

, Afee'der for threshing machines coinprisin ascries of telescopically fitted tubes provi ed withaliried Vracks on their'upper sides, a pinion` mounted on the outer'tube in position to engage said racks, nieans`for rot-ating said pinion, and means for causing the racks tol successively engage .the pinion. 1

4. A vfeeder for threshing machines comprising a series oftelesco ically tted tubes provided with alined rac ls on their upper sides, a pinion mounted on the outer tube in position to engage'said racks, means for rotating` said pinion, and interengaging means on the tubes whereby the projecting motieinent of the innermost tube will be transmitted'to the outer tubes successively.

5. .A feeder for threshing machines comprising a se'ries of telescopically fitted tubes provided with alined racks on their uppe'r on the outer tube,a pinion carried by said support, means for rotating said pinion, and means acting` on the support to hold the pinion to said racks. `6. A feeder for threshing machines coinprising a series of telescopically fittedtubes p rovided lwith-.alined racks on vtheirl'uppei pinion mounted on the outer tube in osition to en a e said racks means'for l rotating said pinion, a roller mounted on the innerY end of eacliinner tube and riding upon the next adjacent outer tube, and an internal stop on each outer tube near. the outer end thereof in the path of the roller on the adjacent. inner. tube.

In testimony whereof, I aiiix in presence of two w-itneses.

GUFF Loom LAsLiiY. (as.) Witnesses:

T. A. WATSON, M. H. Woon.

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